Tianjin, the Minister of Beiyang Xingyuan, even the guards outside the door feel that the atmosphere in this line today seems to be different from the past, and the friends around the Lord Zhongtang are coming in and out one by one, looking nervous, obviously something big has happened.

What could it be?

"This Tang Ziran is so bold!"

In the big signing hall, Li Hongzhang held the telegram from Tang Ziran that he had just received, and his face was full of panic for a while. For a moment, he didn't know how to deal with it.

Two days ago, after receiving a secret telegram from the consul in Incheon, the consul in Incheon said that his guards were all wearing Western-style military uniforms and that he had no regard for the etiquette of the country.

Although this matter is not big, but it involves the ceremonies of the national dynasty, Li Hongzhang just looked at it, and then sent the telegram to the prime minister's yamen, this matter is not something he can stop, and there is no need to stop it, and after the prime minister's yamen and the court make a decision, he can also send Tang Ziran a favor if he comes forward.

But before anything happened, first a secret telegram from Yuan Shikai, and then a secret telegram from Tang Ziran, he was so shocked that he was like five thunderbolts, and he was speechless for a long time.

"This, this ......"

Looking at the telegram, Ma Jianzhong looked surprised, but admired Tang Haoran's decisiveness in his heart.

Over the years, the DPRK's move of "betraying China and standing on its own feet" has not only aroused the concern and vigilance of Lord Chungdo about this tendency in the DPRK, but has also made him more and more distrustful of the DPRK.

In the past eight years, the imperial court was faced with a variety of choices on the Korean issue, one of which was to set up a prison state in Korea, as early as the Renwu Mutiny, Zhang Jian, who was stationed in Korea with the army, drafted the "Six Strategies for the Aftermath of Korea" on behalf of its commander Wu Changqing. Lelang County, abolished as a county; Aid the weekly case, put the country in prison; Or put heavy troops, defend Haikou, and reform its internal affairs, or order self-reform, but for the training of the new army, and unite the northeast as one. At that time, the Chinese government and the opposition and the DPRK were discussing the "Six Strategies for the Aftermath of North Korea", and there was no agreement, either or not. However, Zhang Jian's construction was shelved by the central hall, and when Zhang Peilun presented the "Six Strategies" to the imperial court, he clearly advocated that the intermediary send familiar diplomats to be stationed in North Korea, manage its diplomacy, interfere in its government affairs, and act like a supervisor of the country.

In fact, the imperial court faced no more than three choices, one was to appoint a special senior to set up a prison state, command a heavy army, and administer internal and foreign affairs, all of which were agents, the second was to set up counties in Korea and set up ministers to be stationed, and in the case of Mongolia and Tibet, all internal politics and foreign treaties were presided over by China, and the third was to make Korea neutral, that is, to make Korea a neutral country like Switzerland in Europe.

However, in the end, all kinds of things could not be done, and only a minister of trade and trade in the DPRK was dispatched.

But now Tang Haoran took office on the first day of the new year, that is, he abolished his king and dismissed his ministers, as for the concubine Min said that she was killed by the rebels, I am afraid that she will not be able to get out of Tang Haoran's hands, this Tang Haoran looked at him as a very stable person when he was in China, how could he be so arbitrary and decisive when he arrived in North Korea?

"My lord, now I will ask him for responsibility, I am afraid that it will be too late, if Concubine Min is not dead, or it can be remedied, but today Concubine Min is dead, if the court refuses to build it, and appoints the monarch of the courtyard as the regent, and the new king, I am afraid that the situation in North Korea will be difficult to ......"

Ma Jianzhong, who had been an envoy to North Korea, said cautiously.

"I don't know that Concubine Min didn't die at the hands of Tang Ziran, Lord Zhongtang, this son is ruthless, far more than we expected, if he presides over North Korea, I'm afraid it will be ......"

Zhang Peilun looked at Li Hongzhang's face as he spoke, and saw that his face was changing, so he hurriedly changed his words.

"I am afraid that I don't know what kind of chaos it will cause, and besides, although Korea is a domain of our country, Britain and Germany support it as a vassal of our country, if Russia, the United States and Japan are interested in getting involved in Korea, now they will first abolish their monarchs, dismiss their vassals first, and except for the treaties of various countries, they will only fear diplomatic incidents!"

Zhang Peilun, who knew that Zhongtang's foreign affairs were as "big things as small, small things as possible, more things are better than less things", this sentence suddenly made Li Hongzhang's brows wrinkle even tighter.

"Zi Ran's renegotiation of the treaty of various countries is really Meng Lang!"

When Li Hongzhang nodded thoughtfully, the sadness on his face did not disappear, others may not know, but Zhou Fu vaguely guessed why Lord Zhongtang was worried, he was worried not only about diplomatic matters, no matter what, Zhongtang always has a means to satisfy foreigners, and those who are worried about adults are still in the court.

"What the adults are worried about is the court?"

Zhou Fu's temptation made everyone in the big signing room immediately understand, isn't it, compared to diplomatic matters, this matter of the DPRK and China is the real trouble.

"Yushan still knows me!"

Li Hongzhang nodded slightly, Tang Haoran's behavior in North Korea, although it was far beyond his expectations, but in his opinion, although it would cause trouble, it could always be resolved, it really didn't work, just Tang Haoran's bad time, it would always satisfy the foreigners, and it would not lead to any trouble, but what about the DPRK?

"What the adults are worried about is that the Qing Party used Tang Haoran's arbitrariness in North Korea under the pretext that it was really at the behest of the adults?"

Zhou Fu stroked his beard, looking at the adult's frowning appearance, he knew that he had guessed correctly.

In fact, there is no need to guess about this matter, it is four warships parked in Incheon, which can make everyone think about it, foreigners will think like this, not to mention the Chinese, this Tang Haoran will not make a move, as soon as he makes a move, he will tie Beiyang to the rope, and completely use it, this Tang Ziran......

"Oh, this Tang Ziran has ill intentions, when he was in Tianjin, he calculated us! Let the sailor postpone the trip, train the guards, and get it for a long time, that kid calculated it from the beginning! ”

Compared with others, Zhang Shiheng seemed a little uncontrollable, but his words only made everyone nod their heads again and again.

But isn't it, that Tang Ziran went to Korea with the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, before and after the Navy Yamen and the Office of more than 100,000 taels of silver, and finally worshiped in the middle hall, originally everyone thought that he just wanted a prestige, but who would have thought that he trained the guards in Dagu in order to abolish the Korean monarchs.

Since someone started the way, naturally everyone followed suit, and for a while, everyone blamed Tang Haoran more, blindly accusing him of dragging Beiyang into this pool of troubled waters, and accusing him of acting domineeringly, and he should be removed from his post as a warning.

"Scheming is so ......"

While shaking his head and sighing, Li Hongzhang, who seemed to be thoughtful, looked around at the people in the scene, although this scene gathers the heroes of the world, but among the friends in this scene, how many people can match Tang Haoran?

If Tang Haoran rolled Beiyang into his rope together, how many people can do it in this scene? So decisively, all the friends in this scene...... If Zhang Zhidong knew Li Hongzhang's thoughts, he would definitely feel a confidant, didn't Zhang Zhidong have such thoughts at the beginning?

This Tang Haoran!

It's always a surprise, but it's a bit too much!

Now, he can understand Zhang Zhidong, understand why Zhang Zhidong will let him out of Hubei, this Tang Haoran is a double-edged sword, making good things work twice the result, but he may hurt himself at any time, sure enough, this Tang Ziran acted, and he must not be expected to do it with common sense!

Yuan Shikai wanted to depose King Li for several years, but he failed to do so for several years, on the one hand, although the imperial court did not support it, and on the other hand, what he lacked was this courage!

Tang Ziran!

Tang Ziran!

Reading these three words, Li Hongzhang's mood became more complicated for a while, the heart of cherishing talents, the fire of anger, the feelings of admiration, all kinds of complicated feelings permeated in his heart, Li Hongzhang raised his head, looked at the people in the scene, and asked slowly.

"How do you think you should deal with this?"

There are several aspects of what he asked in this sentence, one is how to play the imperial court, the second is how to negotiate with various countries, as for the third, it is the most crucial, that is, whether to agree with Tang Haoran's decision, in fact, the third is fundamental, the attitude of Beiyang is actually related to the attitude of the imperial court.

"My lord, if he refuses his proposal and orders him to return Li Xi to the DPRK, what will happen to the situation in North Korea?"

Although he was once an adviser to King Li, Ma Jianzhong, who knew that this matter was irretrievable, looked at Li Hongzhang and said. This is what he admires most about Tang Haoran, tying the big guys to his boat with a head, even if he is unwilling, he is afraid that in the end, he will have to pinch his nose and agree.

There's no way, you have to take care of the face of this Qing Kingdom!

If Li Xi is released, I am afraid that he will be used by Japan, Russia, the United States and other countries, and when the time comes, there will be any talk about consolidating the barriers, but I am afraid that as soon as he takes the position here, he will turn his back on China and get rid of China there.

"That being the case, I'm afraid I have to admit it!"

Zhang Peilun nodded on the side, this Tang Ziran has calculated the thoughts of Zhongtang and the court, Zhongtang will try his best to maintain it, and the court also wants to save face, and what he did not do is at most a reprimand, for fear that outsiders will know what he did not do, and he will recognize it afterwards.

But if this is the case, then wouldn't Tang Haoran's tail go up to the sky, thinking about it, and after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Peilun continued.

"My lord, although there is a dispute in the imperial court, but in the end, I will still admit this matter, but I am afraid that someone will use this matter to deal with Tang Ziran, if he is called back to China because of this, I am afraid that the situation in North Korea will collapse, and I will lose this barrier, so I ......"

After a pause, Zhang Peilun, who seemed to be thinking about Tang Haoran, handed out a cold knife.

"This Korean matter, that is, the imperial court has given it full powers, and it has done this thing of abolishing the monarch and supervising the country in the name of full powers, so it should be entrusted with full power to handle this matter!"

"Youqiao, what do you mean ......?"

Li Hongzhang's brows furrowed slightly, but he heard his subtext, which was to use this full power to shirk all the responsibility.

"The imperial court granted it full powers, how can I be good at Beiyang, since it has the name of full powers, then what about the aftermath of this matter, and the freedom is up to it, what does it have to do with my Beiyang?"

(Regarding this book, the wordless idea is to write a different modern East Asia, and in the case of the late Qing Dynasty, many careers were almost zero, especially the lack of talents, not to mention all kinds of science and engineering talents, even if the simplest can look at the world and understand how many people are backward in China?) It's a long way to go...... I hope you can support speechless, ask for recommendations, ask for collections! The Rising Sun of the Empire Readers: 150536833)